Keelan Lanigan gets suspended sentence for child pornography

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Keelan Lanigan received a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for knowingly possessing child pornography. Judge Elma Sheahan imposed the sentence on strict conditions, including 18 months’ engagement with the Probation Service and any treatment it recommended. Lanigan pleaded guilty. The proceedings were reported on 18 May 2021. The material comprised two videos and one image found on an HP laptop at his then home in Springfield Park, Foxrock, Dublin, on 22 March 2016. Garda Lorraine White agreed there had been no sharing or circulation, Lanigan had not created the material, and the files had been deleted before his arrest.

The report said Lanigan had no previous convictions, while Garda White acknowledged that the images’ severity and number were lower than gardaí would normally see.